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Mermaid In Chelsea Creek (2013)

by Michelle Tea(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1938073363 (ISBN13: 9781938073366)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

McSweeney's McMullens

series

Chelsea Trilogy

review 1: The only redeeming quality is that McSweeney's publications are always a gem to hold, look at, and page through. If weren't for this, and the fun sketches throughout the book, I would have put this down once I reached the talking pigeons. Yes, talking magical pigeons. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for some good magical realism and certain types of fantasy. One of my favorite authors is Jonathan Carroll. Good being the operative word, here. Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is not good, even as a young adult novel. It feels like it tries too hard to capture early teen angst, language, friendships, and family problems. It also presents a paint-by-number look of a small, socioeconimically struggling town. It's a surface and cliched early adult fantasy novel, masked as a deeper journey w... moreith McSweeney's pretty package. Apparently this is the first of a trilogy by Michelle Tea. Save your money and time, for surely McSweeney's offers much better.
review 2: Don't judge a book by its cover! Definitely true for this book because while it looks like a sweet upper elementary book, this was definitely more of an upper middle school/high school book about a teenager who has grown up in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a run-down town and as it turns out, may be the girl folk legends spoke of who will come to save the town with the help of an old Polish cursing mermaid. Strange, but also great, with connections to old fairy tales and rumors of magic in a run-down town. less

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